{"id":1431498,"date":"2022-04-11T16:59:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431498"},"modified":"2022-04-11T16:59:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:59:43","slug":"tennessee-gop-gov-lee-fights-back-against-leftism-working-with-hillsdale-to-open-charter-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-gop-gov-lee-fights-back-against-leftism-working-with-hillsdale-to-open-charter-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee GOP Gov. Lee Fights Back Against Leftism, Working With Hillsdale To Open Charter Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-gop-gov-lee-fights-back-against-leftism-working-with-hillsdale-to-open-charter-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431498&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/01\/Bill-Lee.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Tennessee GOP Governor Bill Lee is fighting back against the rampant leftism purveyed in the educational community across the country by inviting famed conservative institution Hillsdale College \u2014which refuses to accept state or federal funding, including student grants or loans \u2014 to start 50 charter schools in his state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/10\/us\/hillsdale-college-charter-schools.html\">The New York Times<\/a> mocked Hillsdale\u2019s principles, writing \u201cThe college has also developed the \u20181776 Curriculum,\u2019 which sets out to portray America as \u2018an exceptionally good country.\u2019 During a time when education has become inflamed by divisive cultural debates, Hillsdale has been criticized for its glossy spin on American history as well as its ideological tilt on topics like affirmative action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And horror of horrors, the Times notes, \u201cEducators and historians have also raised questions about other instruction at Hillsdale\u2019s charter schools, citing their negative take on the New Deal and the Great Society and cursory presentation of global warming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee stated recently, \u201cFor decades, Hillsdale College has been the standard-bearer in quality curriculum and in the responsibility of preserving American liberty. \u2026 I believe their efforts are a good fit for Tennessee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Hillsdale charter schools are neither owned nor managed by Hillsdale,\u201d The Times noted. \u201cInstead, the schools enter agreements to use the Hillsdale curriculum and the college provides training for faculty and staff, as well as other assistance \u2014 all free of charge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March, after speaking to the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Lee stated, \u201cWe want charter school operators in this state from all over the country. \u2026 Any, high-quality charter school operator that wants to locate in this state we want them to consider that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have 22 operators, we have 116 charters, that educate 44,000 kids \u2014 91% of those kids are minority students that come from \u2014 many of them come from difficult zip codes and neighborhoods in our state. We need to give them and we should make certain that we give the parents who choose that public school options for their kids,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Hillsdale\u2019s classical education hearkens back to the time when respect for the Western philosophical tradition lay at the heart of collegiate education. Here is a sample of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillsdale.edu\/academics\/classical-liberal-arts-core\/\">Hillsdale\u2019s kind of thinking<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Receive an introduction to early American political thought and its crowning political achievement, the United States Constitution. 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Meet thinkers and innovators like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Hume, Kant, Mill, and Nietzsche.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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